Parkinson’s Law says “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”. This theory as suggested by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in 1955 can be interpreted in two ways. One understanding implies procrastination, these days we call it Student Syndrome,  that makes us put off doing work until we’re right up to the deadline, and the other refers to the bureaucratic nature of offices where we all make more work for each other than we need to.

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It was recently announced that the South Korean Ministry for Health was going to start turning off the lights in its offices once a month to encourage staff to go home and make babies! The ministry said the switches will be flicked at 7.30 p.m. every third Wednesday in the month to “help staff get dedicated to childbirth and upbringing”.

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